Using the menus

The menu bar at the top of the screen lists the most important
commands in aptitude. To activate the menu bar, press
Control+t (also
valid: Control+Space
and F10); you can then navigate it using the arrow
keys and select a menu item using Enter.

Some menu items also have “hotkeys”: letters or numbers
that can be used to select the item while the menu is
active. These hotkeys are displayed in a brighter shade
of white than the rest of the menu.

In addition, some menu items have “shortcuts”:
keystrokes that perform the same action as the menu item
while the menu is not active.
These keystrokes are listed on the right-hand side of
the menu.

In the remainder of the manual, menu commands will be
written like this:
Menu → Item (key).
This indicates that you should choose
Item from the
Menu menu, and that
key is the shortcut for this
command.